The Siege of Dome Quotes

“What else is love,” Mathiax had asked her one day, “but taking the pain of another as your own—especially when you are not obliged to?” Thus, pain was woven into the very fabric of the universe—because there could be no love without it, and because the Infinite Father had set love as the cornerstone of His creation.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, The Siege of Dome

“A limber body is often the companion of a limber mind,” she told them. “The body is the bridge between the mind and the emotions, just as the emotions are the bridge between the mind and spirit.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, The Siege of Dome

“they had started out with all the tools for creating Utopia right from the very beginning; they had all of history to teach them how to organize and govern themselves. They might have chosen to recreate Eden. Instead, they chose Hell.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, The Siege of Dome

“An artist must be pure of heart,” said Gerdes, “for true art is the expression of the artist's innermost being. To create beauty, one must be beautiful”—she pressed her hands to her bosom—“in here, in your heart of hearts.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, The Siege of Dome

“talent without discipline is only an empty promise—the glitter of an unworked crystal. It is nothing of itself.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, The Siege of Dome